On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Tom Hawtin <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sep 12, 4:05 pm, Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Jave has indeed had closures since day one (e.g. Runnable, Callable, > > etc...). If you're not convinced, ask yourself the following question: is > > there any programming construct that you will be able to do in Java 8 > with > > closure support that you can't do today with Runnable? > > Is this the point in the conversation where we hit Turing- > completeness? > No, that would be a cop out :-) Java 8 will allow us to replace foo(new Runnable() { public void run() { blah(); } }) with foo( => blah()) (approximately) These two constructs are extremely similar, and I think the former would definitely qualify as a closure to me, at least in spirit, if not literally. -- Cédric > > None. > > > > The syntax will be nicer, but that's all Java 8 is adding in that area. > > Syntax is terser (nicer, I'm not so sure I'm willing to absolutely > commit to that) than 1.1, but there is also an alleged lighter > implementation available with method handles (alleged as the > optimisation may perhaps be harder and heavier). > > Tom > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
